An embarrassing thing could have just happened to me! I wrote all this out and then posted it on our ward recipe blog! AHHH! People would have been looking for a recipe and would have heard all about my labor woes! Good thing I was glancing off to the side of the blog after it put up my new post, and I read... cookies, breakfast, dinner, etc. I was like, what?! This isn't my blog!? Caught myself though... here is what I wrote:
Well, I'm on my last week here... hopefully. Saturday is my due date, and I'm feeling anxious for it to all just happen. I want to be done waiting, I want to have this little baby in my arms! I want to be able to bend at the waist, and I want to start running again! I can't wait to show Kenadi her little sister and have her as my little helper. So many things.... Of course, I do like the "uninterrupted" sleep I get now. Well, if uninterrupted doesn't count the 3 times I get up to go to the bathroom at night, and the 1 or 2 I take Kenadi. I also don't mind just getting 1 child in and out of the car when I go places, but that will all end soon!
I have some decisions to make, too. First of all, I want to give birth naturally. No epidural, no drugs, etc. I think I can do it, because I've been preparing mentally, and I mostly did it with Kenadi. Second, I don't want to go overdue.... I hate waiting! Third, my doctor offered to induce me on Friday the 26th, and I chickened out and said, no, and THEN they set me up to be induced this Friday, Oct. 3rd ( both times I think they thought that I wanted it, but I never asked for it either time. I do like my DR, but this is a little added stress) and when I found that out, I said okay, because I was sick of being pregnant, and I thought I wanted it then. Well, I don't really know what I want. I'm afraid of being induced because of the stories I've heard of how petosin amplifies your contractions, and I don't want to do it because I want to go natural. The doctor said that many people get induced and have the baby without pain control... However, is it considered natural if you use a drug to get the labor going? It doesn't sound like it to me. Next option is... a balloon thing that dilates your cervix. It is drug-free, and sounds much better. Is this too much info? Sorry. Anyways, I don't know! I am really leaning toward just saying, no, no, no... just let her come. So, I guess we'll see what happens.
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You are a brave brave woman! I wanted every drug they could give me, and them some. I thought I had a pretty high pain tolerance, but I found I am a wuss! More power to ya! Good luck, I am excited to see pictures of your new little addition to your family.
I have posted to the recipe blog too!
I felt like my doctor pushed me to set a date and in the end I wish I would have waited for my baby's time not the doctors.
Reading this AFTER talking to you I got the impression that you maybe already have your answer. You should read over it again!
Arat,
Don't you dare let anyone make the decision for you. It's up to and whatever you choose is fine. It's your body and your child. Good luck!
I agree, if you want to go natural, don't let the doctor's push into it. Good luck with the natural. I think women that can do it are amazing! And that's so funny that you posted this to a receipe blog - ha, ha, ha!
If! you can go all natural then you are a better woman than I! But it does make a big difference being mentally prepared-I had Savanah that way and I thought right up until they said it was too late and it was time to push that I would get my epidural-not cool! They suck too though so more power to ya!
There is no if-
You can do this. Don't let anybody else's negative talk about unmediated childbirth scare you into thinking that you can't. You can. And it has absolutely nothing to do with being better than anyone else.
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